Movie night

 

Hi Natty!  What's going on, Honey?  I hope you're having a great time over there, and feeling great too.  It's a little more relaxed here for me today.  Just a lot of kicking back and listening to music.  And watching a movie!

That drummer is a dinosaur!  Let's watch a movie, Natty!  tonight's movie is "Jurassic World" (2015).  Oh, you've seen it already?  Let's watch it again!  There are a lot of movies I like to watch over and over again, and never get tired of.  In fact this movie is on my death list, meaning that it's one of the movies I want to watch while I'm dying.  So where are we at?  We are at the part where the scientist explains to the boss about the makeup of the monster.  The monster is a cat!  Meow!

Hectic day

 Hi Natty!  How are you, Honey?  Are you getting ready for the holidays?  I saw in the news about that incident in Wisconsin, at the parade.  I'm sorry that happened, I hope it didn't bring you down.  InshaAllah, you will have a wonderful season.

It's been a busy day for me.  I drove my mother around in the morning, and I drove my mother around in the evening.  I still haven't had my dinner yet.  It's ramen, the soup is on the stove top and I haven't added the noodles yet.  If I could get this post done, I might have time to eat dinner after I get back from the mosque.  Good thing I had a big lunch!  I got some "putu mayong" for my mother at the night market.  It's sweet stuff as you can see above, with special hand made noodles and brown sugar.  Anyway, gotta go!  I love you!

Fried noodles

 

Hi Natty!  Sorry I'm running late, Honey.  I've been joining the congregational prayer at the mosque more frequently, so please expect me a little later than usual.  How are you, by the way?  I hope everything is awesome for you over there.  You are MY girl, and I love you with all of my heart.

Would you like some fried noodles?  Fried noodles are actually quite easy, if you wanted to try and make it.  I can get fresh noodles over here because everybody uses noodles here, so I don't have to bother with dried noodles.  The key to fried noodles is the sauce.  Everybody who fries noodles has their own routine.  The video above is OK, I guess.  I personally wouldn't bother removing the heads and tails of bean sprouts, and I certainly wouldn't fry them up first.  Today I started with chopped garlic, then I add my pickled soybeans.  Oh no, my pickled soybeans went rancid!  How is that even possible?  It must be the protein in the beans.  I hope my entire batch didn't get ruined, but I didn't have time to deal with it today.  Next batch I'll put in a LOT of salt.  So I skipped the soybeans and added water.  Oh, the fire is medium high today.  For the sauce, I put Mae Pranom tom yum paste in the water.  I just happened to have a lot of it right now.  It needs salt, so I added a teaspoon of anchovy bouillon.  Then I chopped up some of my generic roast beef and put it in the water.  Next, the noodles went in.  This particular brand is a bit bitter, and the bitterness needs to be cooked out, so I left the whole mess alone on the fire while I cleaned the litter box.  When I got back the noodle mix had dried up, so I turned down the fire and cracked an egg in there and mixed it up to thicken it up.  I had already chopped up the scallions and green hot chilli peppers.  This stuff goes in last after I switch off the fire, because it need to stay as raw as possible.  If I had bean sprouts, they would go in last.  It's a successful batch of fried noodles.  Mae Pranom makes a good sauce, I didn't even need soy sauce.  Want some?

Qur'an 20211121

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

158.  Say, "O humans!  I am sent unto you all, as the messenger of Allah, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.  There is no god but God.  It is God that gives both life and death.  So believe in Allah and God's messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allah and God's Words.  Follow him, that you may be guided."

The Heights 7:158

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I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.

Yet another average day

 Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope all is calm and easy-going for you.  Have you had dinner yet?  Want some fries?  You absolutely must try this ranch dressing.  I could eat the whole jar by myself, but that would make me sick.  My mother gave me some deep fried banana bites.  A traditional recipe called "cucur kodok".  Let's see if YouTube has an example...  Ah, here we go:

My mother's look different, but I'm sure they both taste like banana.  Do you like bananas?  I'm kind of ambivalent about them, care or don't care it doesn't really matter.  I do have a lot of banana trees outside my front door, though.  That's where my mother got the bananas from.  They're quite sweet.  Anyway, I'm stuffed right now.  I think I'll take a nap.  You take care now, Precious!  I love you!

Surah Al-Anfal ayat 45

Hi Natty!  Yes Honey, I cut the grass like you wanted.  See, my right hand is shaking from gripping the weed whacker!  How are you today, by the way?  I hope all is well with you.  Please guard your health and chastity.

Today is Friday.  Mary Unknown7 had a good vocal session today, in my opinion.  Mary is an experienced singer, and able to belt it out and rattle windows and toilet seats for 2 hours straight.  This terrifies the enemies of Allah!  I've seen many videos of their indignation on YouTube, but none of them have come to the karaoke joint to compete with her.  I am a servant of Allah, what I do here is "dakwah" or service for Allah.  You folks online don't experience the live singing that Mary does here.  Like it or not, this village has become the Global Internet Center of Islam.  This is Allah's Will, not mine or Mary's.  Do you folks think I'm lying or exaggerating?  Do you deny the Signs of Allah?  Only a "kafir" denies the Signs of Allah.  Or did you people think all the strangers and traffic that spend their money here came here just to eat rice?  Right now, the international borders are closed because of COVID.  When the borders reopen, do you people think that no one will come here to hear Mary sing?  Not even just to eat rice?  This brings up Surah Al-Anfal verse 45:

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the Rejected.

O you who believe!  When you meet a force be firm, and call Allah in remembrance much that you may prosper.

(The Spoils of War 8:45)

This music is from Allah.  My task is to protect Mary and make sure her voice gets heard.  If I allowed her voice to be silenced, then Allah would kick my butt.  But Mary is also able to sing barely past a whisper for 2 hours straight.  This doesn't make her singing any less powerful, but more feminine.  And it's more powerful for a chick singer to be more feminine, don't you agree?  But don't worry faithful ones, when it's time for her to belt it out and irritate the enemies of Allah, I'll make sure she does so.

OK children, I am going to teach you a Malay word today.  The word is:

PENGECUT

which means:

COWARD

Just an average day

 

Hi Natty!  How are you?  Is everything going well for you today?  I hope so!  I wish we were together, but I have to make sure you get the best life possible first.  InshaAllah.  It's just an average day here for me, with nothing much going on other than the usual.  I did a lot of vacuuming and sweeping in the morning, then had takeout rice for lunch.  My mother gave me some "sambal tumis" (blended chillies, onions, and "belacan" (fermented shrimp) fried in oil until saturated).  She told me to add sugar and salt to taste.  So I had that with rice again for dinner, plus boiled eggs, crunchy anchovies and peanuts.  My rice was a bit soggy.  I haven't cooked rice in a long time since I started buying it takeout, and this was my last cupful.  It will probably be a long time before I buy another bag of rice.  Getting takeout is so much simpler on my agenda, and saves me a lot of labor.  Cooking rice for dinner used up my entire evening.  Anyway, it's time for me to do wardrobe with Mary Unknown7's avatar.  Take care, Honey!  I love you!